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Iran shuts off internet as protesters start fires in widening unrest
10 Jan 2026Internet and phone lines are blocked, and flights cancelled, as Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accuses protesters of acting at Donald Trump's behest.
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Australian bushfires: 'Road became like a fire tunnel'
10 Jan 2026Ruffy residents describe the devastation wrought by central Victoria's Longwood bushfire.
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Trump says he's cancelled 'second wave' of Venezuela attacks
10 Jan 2026The United States president said Venezuela was working well with the US, particularly regarding its oil and gas infrastructure.
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Musk's AI bot limits image generation on X to after backlash
10 Jan 2026The chatbot's image generation had allowed users on X to edit or create sexualized photos, including generating images of women and children in minimal clothing.
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US seizes fifth vessel in Venezuela blockade
10 Jan 2026The Olina tanker was seized in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports.
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Lawyers for Luigi Mangione fight death penalty
10 Jan 2026Mangione's brutal killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO garnered appalled reactions but also vocal support, as he became a figure for larger frustrations with the US health care system.
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Japanese man arrested under 1889 law after deadly 'duel'
9 Jan 2026The face-off took place after the suspect and the dead man agreed to fight each other.
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What we know about ICE’s fatal shooting of US citizen in Minneapolis
9 Jan 2026The Department of Homeland Security said mother of three Renee Nicole Good used her car against immigration officers.
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Child among three missing as bushfires destroy homes in Australia's southeast
9 Jan 2026Authorities say damaging winds and temperatures up to 46C forecast for Victoria's north will mean any fires burning will be "undefendable".
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US federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say
9 Jan 2026Agents were conducting a vehicle stop when the driver "weaponised" the vehicle before an officer "fired a defensive shot," the Department of Homeland Security says.
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One dead, 38 missing, after Philippine dump site collapse
9 Jan 2026A mountain of garbage toppled onto sanitation workers at the Binaliw landfill, a privately operated facility in Cebu.
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Russia bombards Ukraine's capital after rejecting peacekeeping plan
9 Jan 2026The attack has killed at least four people.
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Trump says US 'to start now hitting land' against drug cartels
9 Jan 2026The US President has conducted maritime attacks and seized leftist Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro, as part of his campaign.
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International Space Station crew return early in first-ever medical evacuation
It's the first such medical evacuation in the orbital lab's history.
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New video emerges of Minnesota shooting, further inflaming tensions
10 Jan 2026The new clip is likely to further inflame tensions between state officials and officials in President Donald Trump's administration
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ICE shooting victim a mother of 3 who loved to sing and write poetry
9 Jan 2026Her family along with neighbours in her stunned city are shocked by the circumstances surrounding her death.
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After Minneapolis shooting, AI fabrications of victim and shooter
9 Jan 2026AI deepfakes of the victim and the shooter have flooded online platforms, underscoring the growing prevalence of what experts call "hallucinated" content after major news events.
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White House mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
9 Jan 2026The payments might go as high as $170,000 to each person - meaning a spend of billions of dollars.
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Inside Nicolás Maduro's complex network of alleged drug traffickers wanted by the US
9 Jan 2026The deposed Venezuelan president allegedly oversaw a network of associates to facilitate the flow of illegal drugs into the US, aided by false passports, a guerilla training school, jets and grenade…
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German president says US is destroying world order
9 Jan 2026In unusually strong remarks, Frank-Walter Steinmeier says global democracy was being attacked as never before.
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What is a pyroCB, a fire-generated thunderstorm?
A fire burning in Victoria, Australia was so fierce it generated its own weather.
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Protesters, US officers clash after ICE officer kills woman
9 Jan 2026At least one protester was detained as federal officers armed with pepperball guns and tear gas faced off with demonstrators.
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Fire destroys yachts at New South Wales marina
9 Jan 2026More than forty firefighters were working to put the flames out.
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'Like a movie': The brazen airport heist that stunned a Pacific nation
Three men wore white hazmat suits when they used a rifle to stick up a truck full of cash outside a Pacific Island airport in broad daylight.
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